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- Mayor Pierre David died in a fall aged 68, while working in his hayloft in 1839. The city authorities launched a collection fund for a monument to honour him, and with his family's consent surgeons removed his heart, so that it could be entombed in the monument.
www.bbc.com › news › world-europe-53985562Heart of Belgian city mayor found entombed in fountain - BBC
Sep 1, 2020 · Mayor Pierre David died in 1839, but the fountain named after him was only inaugurated in 1883. An engraving on the casket says it was placed in the monument at the time.
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Sep 3, 2020 · The story says that not only was the heart of Verviers’ first mayor Pierre David removed after he died — but it was hidden in a local fountain. According to the BBC, that tall tale has now been proven true.
Oct 27, 2020 · For many years, residents of Verviers in southeast Belgium heard what they believed to be an urban legend: that the heart of the city's beloved 19-century mayor, Pierre David, was entombed in...
In 1839, the 68-year-old died unexpectedly after falling from his hayloft. With his family’s consent and the municipal council’s support, historian Paul Bertholet tells RTBF, a team of three...
Feb 18, 2021 · David was apparently highly thought of by his people. When he died in 1839 – in an accident on his farm when he fell from a hayloft – it was decided to honour his service by placing his heart, removed three days post mortem, in some sort of memorial.
May 15, 2021 · Three days after death David's heart was removed, but for the next 44 years it was kept pickled in a tube as money was raised to build a memorial. Then it disappeared. Fountain where Pierre David's heart was found.
Sep 1, 2020 · According to the legend, city officials decided to remove his heart when David died at age 58, which was first kept in the town hall and then placed in the fountain upon its completion. The heart was found inside a rusted metal case which officials said was not opened and will be exhibited in the local fine arts museum until mid-September.
